Tibetan and Himalayan Library - THL

Location and Layout

The original Keutsang West Hermitage. Detail of a photo
taken in the 1950s by Hugh Richardson. In H. E. Richardson, A Short History
of Tibet (New York: E. P. Dutton, 1962), plate before p. 116.

The ruins of Keutsang West Hermitage, taken from
approximately the same angle as the original picture.

Keutsang West
Hermitage (Keutsang Nup RitröKe’u tshang nub ri khrod) lies
in ruins. But the monks of Keutsang West have rebuilt the hermitage just to the
west of the ruins. To read about the new Keutsang Hermitage (Keutsang RitröKe’u tshang ri khrod), go to the Keutsang
Hermitage webpage.